About me

Martin Backhaus is a German Producer, Project Manager and Digital Artist for Audiovisual Productions, like Animation, Visual Effects, Virtual Reality/360°, Post-Production and Events. Currently, he is based in Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany.

Martin has a diverse, multi-disciplinary background in fiction and documentary film production – from idea and story to final delivery. He combines this with a deep technological knowledge, as he also works as a Postproduction Supervisor, Online Editor and VFX Compositing & Matchmoving Artist.

He likes to explore and research new workflows and to collaborate with inter-disciplinary teams, in fields like Virtual Reality, Virtual Production, Games and Exhibitions/Events.

Born 1985 in Bonn, Martin had his first experience in filmmaking in 2004 with the feature film ROLLTREPPE ABWÄRTS, directed by Dustin Loose, which made it to German Cinemas in 2006.
He collaborated with Simon J. Paetau on many projects, inluding the semi-documental shortfilm OURY JALLOH, which won the German Human Rights Film Prize in 2008.